Taiwanese Public Awareness and Attitudes about Global Warming and Intentions to Participate in Planting Trees for Carbon Sequestration

民眾對全球暖化知覺、態度與植林減碳意願之研究

林俊成(Jiunn-Cheng Lin) ； 吳俊賢(Chin-Shien Wu) ； 柳婉郁(Wan-Yu Liu) ； 李俊志(Chun-Chih Lee)

《台灣林業科學》 27卷1期 (2012/03) Pp. 59-79

https://doi.org/10.7075/TJFS.201203.0059

摘要

植樹造林為溫室氣體減量的可行策略之一，本研究以臺灣民眾為對象進行郵寄問卷調查，以瞭解民眾對包含全球暖化的知覺與態度，進一步探究對植林減碳的參與意願。結果發現：受訪者對「全球暖化」的關心程度最高，也認為「全球暖化」為最嚴重的環境與生態問題。應用單因子變異數分析結果，受訪者對全球暖化的關心程度在年齡及學歷上有顯著差異，所認知的嚴重程度上，則受訪者學歷及職業上有顯著差異。藉由因素分析，共萃取出「全球暖化的改善行動」及「全球暖化的認知與關注」二個共同因素，在「全球暖化的改善行動」因素構面結果，則在最高學歷及職業上有顯著的差異。受訪者考慮或已從事植樹造林來達成減碳的目的者占81.4%，其主要採取的參與方式，在所列出的5種可能方式中，以在自家庭園或陽台植樹的比例最高占79.0%。本研究發現對政策的推動，如民眾知道其內容，其參與意願也會提高，建議應加強對植林減碳的宣導，以增加民眾對相關知識的瞭解，達成有效溝通。

關鍵字

全球暖化 ； 氣候變化 ； 減碳 ； 造林 ； 植林意願

並列摘要

As planting trees is one of the feasible strategies for reducing greenhouse gases, this study conducted a mail questionnaire survey on the topics of global warming and planting trees, in which respondents were the general public in Taiwan. Based on this survey, we determined and analyzed the general public's feelings, attitudes, and awareness about some environmental and ecological problems, such as global warming and climate change, and further investigated the extent to which they might participate in planting tree for carbon sequestration. Our results showed that respondents were most concerned about global warming among environmental and ecological problems, and also thought that global warming was the most serious problem. By a one-way ANOVA, it was found that significant differences existed in the level of respondents' concern about global warming based on their age and educational level. By a factor analysis, 2 common factors of 'improved action of global warming' and 'awareness of and concern about global warming' were extracted from the 'improved action of global warming' dimension, where the highest level of education and occupation showed significant differences. The percentage of respondents who considered or had been engaged in tree-planting activities to reduce carbon accounted for 81.4％ of the total. Among 5 suggested programs for planting trees, the ratio of planting trees in a personal garden or on one's balcony was the highest, which accounted for 79.0％. On the impetus for policies, this study discovered that if the public understood the contents of policies more clearly, then their intention to participate in planting trees would also rise. As a consequence, it is suggested to enhance persuasion and guidance of the public to participate in planting trees to reduce carbon, so as to increase their understanding of related information about planting trees, and also to achieve effective communication.

並列關鍵字

global warming ； climate change ； carbon sequestration ； planting trees ； afforestation intention